CARLSBAD: Bicyclist killed in hit-and-run crash

EDWARD SIFUENTES esifuentes@nctimes.com

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CARLSBAD ---- A 23-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday night
on suspicion of manslaughter, drunken driving and hit-and-run after
she allegedly struck a bicyclist with her vehicle, according to the
Carlsbad Police Department.

A witness told police he saw a vehicle crash into the curb on El
Camino Real just north of Cassia Road about 9:45 p.m., said Lt.
Paul Mendes. The witness said the vehicle sped off and drove into a
nearby apartment complex.

Julianne Elyse Thompson, the alleged driver of the vehicle, was
found hiding in the bushes inside the Villa Loma apartment complex,
Mendes said.

The fatally injured bicyclist was identified as 64-year-old
Arthur John Jacobs, a Vista resident, according to the San Diego
County medical examiner's office.

Jacobs' family said he was an industrial cleaner at the Hyatt
and loved to ride his bike to work, which is where he was headed
when he was killed.

"I don't even know how to describe it, I am just very angry,"
daughter Melissa Tennent told NBC 7/39. "He was a good grandfather,
good father and I think justice needs to prevail."

The southbound lanes of El Camino Real from Camino Vida Roble to
Cassia Road were closed overnight while police conducted an
investigation